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Should I ship a Farming Sim Driving game?
Driving + Farming Sim
Only 7 developers shipped a Farming Sim Driving game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Rancher: A new life, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.1k against a market of $630. 28 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,486) |
| Top 5% | $159k (exactly $158,920) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 50% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Driving
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling feel is tuned by hand
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Driving, Farming Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 112,789 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 28 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Farming Simulator 19 2018 · $35M 
Farming Simulator 17 2016 · $10M 
Farming Simulator 15 2014 · $5.2M 
Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition 2019 · $2.1M 
Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium Edition 2013 · $1.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farming Simulator 19 | older | $17.99 | 64,621 94% | 1.9M | $35M (exactly $34,875,954) | GIANTS Software |
| | Farming Simulator 17 | older | $14.99 | 23,063 93% | 692k | $10M (exactly $10,371,431) | GIANTS Software |
| | Farming Simulator 15 | older | $12.99 | 13,306 92% | 399k | $5.2M (exactly $5,185,348) | GIANTS Software |
| | Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,484 77% | 105k | $2.1M (exactly $2,089,355) | UMEO Studios |
| | Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium Edition | older | $14.99 | 3,926 91% | 118k | $1.8M (exactly $1,765,522) | GIANTS Software |
 | Lawn Mowing Simulator | older | $19.99 | 2,126 74% | 64k | $1.3M (exactly $1,274,962) | Skyhook Games |
 | Professional Farmer: Cattle and Crops | older | $19.99 | 1,151 67% | 35k | $690k (exactly $690,255) | Masterbrain Bytes |
 | Farm Expert 2017 | older | $19.99 | 462 38% | 14k | $277k (exactly $277,061) | Silden |
 | My Village Life | · EA older | $14.99 | 385 85% | 12k | $173k (exactly $173,134) | Papucs Games |
 | Rancher: A new life | · EA | $19.99 | 265 64% | 8.0k | $159k (exactly $158,920) | Sim Farm S.A. |
 | Horse Farm Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 45 60% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Glow Egg Games |
 | Garbage Packer | $6.99 | 56 82% | 1.7k | $12k (exactly $11,743) | Trash Games Studios | |
 | Extreme Forklifting 3 | · EA | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | DevM Games |
 | Agro Simulator: Season 26 | $4.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | ManBeerTech | |
 | Driveland | $3.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Overshift Games | |
 | Chicken Inc. | · EA | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Enceladus Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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